Today marked the formal unveiling of Liverpool’s new 20,500-capacity Main Stand at Anfield.
Liverpool’s new Main Stand is now officially open, adding 8,500 to the capacity of their iconic Anfield stadium.
Work on the new facility started just 643 days ago and now that it has been completed it is one of the largest all-seater single stands in European football.
The overall capacity at Anfield now stands at 54,074, and a former player will be in attendance on match days in his new seat in the redeveloped stand.
Jamie Carragher, who made 508 appearances across a 17-year career in the red half of Merseyside, has been showing off the view his season ticket will bring him this campaign on Twitter.
And the Sky Sports pundit also revealed the more elevated perspective the main stand will now bring to Martin Tyler and a whole host of other commentators.
Manager Jurgen Klopp took his seat in the revamped dugouts on Thursday as his side trained in awe of the main stand, getting used to their new surroundings.
Though he was back out on the pitch with the club owners as they promoted the occasion in front of legends, fans and the media on Friday morning. And the German was awfully impressed.
Quoted on the club’s official website, Klopp said: “It should be an advantage for us. It is one of the nicest I have seen in my life. I played in front of the yellow wall of Dortmund – and this is the best thing we could do in a stadium like this.”
Chairman Tom Werner at the presentation, also quoted on Liverpool’s official website, added: “Redeveloping the Main Stand has been about improving our home rather than having abandon it in the name of progress.
“We want what all Liverpool supporters want –- success on the pitch.”
Tomorrow will see the first game in the expanded stadium take place as the Reds take on champions Leicester City in the Premier League’s late kick-off.
The fixture will also mark the Liverpool’s first match at home of the season, and with a full crowd will be the club’s biggest attendance since 1976-77.
Anfield’s largest ever league attendance was in late 1949 when 58,757 packed themselves in for a 2-2 draw with Chelsea.
However the highest ever recorded crowd at home was in a FA Cup fourth round 2-0 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers in 1952, where 61,905 souls broke a record which stood for 18 years.
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